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the carolina watchman ll x third series salisbury n c october 2 1879 ho 50 iir the watehman j uk pcwtas blll laws i iij.ill eniresiotislelit p in the lm i..-t in bu peculiar \. iii aiuuipi an elaborate ai and would have ins that it.e blue lsus.ii new ,,,â€¢!., i an e.\i-iei,ce exvtj i iii the ;.. n ol the lev samuel txpeil i y vii u uj on ibis ,, j ,.... tl.o-e who tl.j.ik j ii,u in she interest ol truth aiid r and 10 vimlle.de ul eu.u u.li r nl a ,, j ., il,i i i sy ul i bli â€” , |, d i n "â€¢"-' unjustly iille u'l philadelphia p.esbytenmei ....,,,,... j aiip.s-.iti j ni anv in ibe in oter bul il did j ihal be in dd have care iii je in the i li i i n â€¢' ia pa th ,; ii reflected in ii i ssi-i all n * ivik'""1 epik-o . .. lhalil 1 nad n.'m-i l.i.l.im 1 ' i-.a-ny iniu lllleilid liial tin .. ;, uu treated justly \Â» un i â– '- ' bave none ao ii i true if i - )â– admits he did ib.-it lhe :. f.iiiadelphia i'cenbyterian ni kpiseoptliairs were prepand to namwle s r \ â– /. lylnnd that the t'lintitis , j tlie li Â« lavas â€” - uugbi righuutly io !.Â»â– r ihem or isnt â€” ami 1 cer tqf 'â– " etiisc â– /... not long ago hat t wa in 1 t imrch thai th i-i mt ;â€¢! in1 umia.'i /â– <"', em jt â€¢...,-â– . ; | not believe all new l.u mi . ,- willing lo bear all ibe e i.n m e j depth even ij t be - in lln colll lll-ioli that r Â»,,. . lli um lhe phija lid on lo say in a tmie ul lualiuuity wni li is not enviable jut â– knight apjk'ared on the l-.piscopal . ol lhe lÂ»-i century are to bale been a s t ol cm li kg ... . â– :> ., i . nleis v l.i e i-i i liile a uml inp!iu.ii--i i er ol i i iinin .!. ali i nm inn thai it hies loo often obscure rather r uli -â€¢ if as highly gratified i , ibe candor lo admit t Â«' j as in v i bad an i xi-tence a Â« ml sn si s onse lo iny-inti r 1 - , ui i i . \ did ?' i.e nn .â– i v inm el i i_-rs -â– * on sl t : ihe lii-n j ii imni ml trumbull â€¢ â€¢ â€¢ i i.i ; . i l.'n i n lis inn j_i i,_v nl ehar li 1 1 ni ii .â€¢ ; ten a book i nl ii ied i ih's ae " 1 i i u > uol tn il.t-ii lie i.i iv â€¢ i i lie i.'x _ . j ipi i in iwÂ«m n i n â– have been enacieil by lhe leglslalure â– hi i -. such as may be loiind : ' â€¢ â€¢ ind laws oi usage and - r gem rally known as the i iv ni ibe i niinlri . now lhe lev . i ens does n ' say be blue 7_<nrÂ«ever nt dice Â«Â« u rode such an ex res i a here in hi hi-im y ." on llie stall s i xpin ii ly il al lhe ii tn â– iu vii pn th i ed lo be punt fl ; but y sit tch i nine of iln m will give a :' i iii pirn m hich pel i ades the â€¢ â€¢ liist.l.onii p 57 then follows his laws mine ol whieh are fter gii ing ihis in ich he i similar laws sl ii l i e jusl ij miliiliulaiy wai "| li vail ov<r - ibe ' ommoii law ol the and mr 1 mini nil ev u doe uol quote iinin peters aiivibiug to 1 1 ne laws were eiiacli-d in lhe vloieover the ery sampler â– is ue l iv whi b .-. r i'rinii - â– .. iv w i mil i lie view nl she rev iui . , peters upon ibis point l â– ii i e i . iiii in ben il i y he readers of my li in . u liiis liial 1 did nnl make ."â€¢ :. ri ' lay own win â€¢ --" in i.iciu-s of ihe blue lous i it'll quoti a single one ol iÂ«"lawa inr aniboiiiies nota hly i.v i . miiii-nii nl m.-s-a hii-etl ll it mining lhe puiiiaiis to show lie ni n w ol ihe e.'h t.i n --â€¢ i Â«.,- inn v isi i iiiiii anything died ". n.i nl peters 1 (â€¢ lill.-l lhe llllll - ol ud . n r p.n i an ..-- ui ints . lhc cbai ai is s and m mory 'â– im r i man bad bun ciu lly and ib il a ii limit any pn.ol Â« ball i s s â– â€¢ ill mm . i . vail bi-l | in - i7f>l and nlthnitgh dr peli is slid vear lb_.0 lu.l â€¢ ol lhe i'uii ii in .... in | iitiln iv ilisptile n ul er lu li . i long ih i ii i ail ai â€¢ â– l.u were i n loo li ii i.ii i.i i l ii i lli.ll llu . i l.i mi ll ill bis posm skioii li e i hii piper will ii cnllei i tbe utter ' i n :... i dii . r nl i l .â– gen link 1 Â»\ lot's i platia wi.in bv fficers during iht lale war the â– un i uen iayhir death bul nr laets i loo l.een ; al 1 lien n n a-as pmmpliv aliaivei whei i-at in both ! onhderatis nd li t tavis r's iii nnr had .' vi ur .,( longer thev would pioli . --: ... as the living i .- in the coulrovi i-y would "â– "'â€¢â– i1 '--.. i iuu ihe scene of action and - he re ue be ii ing upon the ;' mile w i ..... i piobably uul have ' â€¢ olutionarv records of sir own miv _ w iiutrlv lost and be whj can n ibe original l,:.,i..â€ži in.epin.hs.t ne â– -â– â– ive been a good manv â– fit wbal have bei-omc of tb'e lhe entriis made ol 1ms mrerol ihe old town of sali t â€¢ â€¢ . u oi se is iht old plal of die t,.wi ? kuggesi how difficult n is now repi i ice old dm umeiits to â– e |, ng ii e passed into : ihisik n i.i ihumu ueu like mr siher puriiau apologists and len el peters a a liar a md a yi,ei"iiie a jew only of â– lih imi by peters and ihese â– imr ul of lhe lot eai.m.t he lhe | rodnciionol ihe original ' ch i'eiess claims lo i ave seen â– ' f . t umbull .', ts ever - j tn <.'., public mr â– . whieh i havr lead and own * i ill jiortion only of lhe line : â€¢' ii are Â« xiant whv don't he ptd r ,'""" h rims ihat e has publisbid i in all conscience and he was i to publish lhe others rut nl <' aie if rllvtllillg il lie ions as l shall but p will say he has prov || t r of i'.ier in be n lying one ib trumbull a personal en md a nu m'ne of il.e same ,":" aniily who em d i>r i'i ler tn ll e â– vear 177 i after threatening nnd feathers and death - family were cruelly maltreated id rompelled to leave america m :.':. nd by governor trum siohawks pi t lm | s llii was " â– 'â– ; â– -. s a ! r p ten was a tory mid tlie triinihulls were whigs ansl patriots although al lhat lime all parius vi olently protected that they wen loyal siib jvclh of king m-orge l>r irisuibnll in-lead ol disproving i'r peter's stats incut preferred to privately call him a liar dr p being then alive so i imagine dr trumbull's evidence will not weigh much with an unprejndiit d puhlii second hy j hammond friimboll the mil lu r of the bine lmw â€” who wrote his book lor die kile ni'^si of villitying 1 r pitei ile<k<es not altenipt to disprove lhe l.ut-fii iÂ»r p but <â€¢<. men bim li wiih call ing the dniiiu banl iiatihs hiich h*"tliief rofime i idmnnt genwt atl nauseam a very gentlemanly way ol con ittctii :: u eoniio vii but be is l-o i pr-j.d:eeil wilms snd i natural enemy of 4>r p and ibe liev thomas w coit d 1 a learned and mosl estiauablerhegymai sliik mr f-rumbull is i.'.iliil in \.\- ji:n|ali<li m lei paili.il and prejudiced the latter pro(esoÂ«-<l lo quote fiom a noie isi coit'n lli-tnry of pnrilaiiism tim i'.iue liws 2 â€” in regard lo which ".-(Â«_..<.Â« i inr."1 dr coil has this say nov out of tnls note use editor of the true blue luwfe __.!.! lin iir.-a .-â€¢ cuutoe l.u it lo a semcuce beveiucen unea beiou ; tbs uen is ace 1 1 i'uji :_. r i^urv u leaving uui a portion oi i i niiii !_.â€¢ st uialcnaily on his a nion mat vttxt-ua uuguc geutuue poiliical uoenj iu^iu-"i rei i .!".!â€ž e ain io the couii'dry ; tiits nil .-..-. i me i.iii utac j.j luc i m.-.ii h,e;aiil 1i_____011 jjii l>_.i..e il ;__Â« jii.iljiii.t l uli , 1 lin i i ' !''â– i iiji.iiu-i.u li lue u.-i.iliul ma n..ie..i ti i.i i.i.uel i l ii u ii ul i u'.,'l . in i,.-,<i ... nl-i.a'.i lu ihal â– â€¢ lue i'lii.ui in rililt i.-ii-iii ivouiu l.aie joined me cuiioroi lue i'luu-itiue . ju in t â– .,â€¢â– .-. - wni uu icislllii i.e lias ia;nijueil ou i.ijij i.e i 1 i'eu jive u i.i i ni j om â– â– >. ., ja for in :..'â– j ;.< i :, j -.,..,, i 1 i j ,|, l,v jaÂ»-mtll â– â– ', â– â– ei n .; â– ii ui iâ€žr excuae i hleuur .,.,..,,- la uiuue ur a â– i i â– , m a â€¢-.- i i>r.r i.-i â– -. iboul a ii.u r iu a ceutuiy tiuee an.i ivaicu n i acvrr bi â– i an as red >\ u liial he na i..r uuui i.j books uli ji.jll is 111.1 ,. u â€¢ j li io lll.l.l 11 â– â€¢_.'_ j 1.1 us aoui ,-,,-, i.e iry t.uu uehud the di miuetilary [ i iimnn.i a â€¢â– i mi;;i iw dr cuai'iu lhc do um-'s ,' n.i mmu u was ihal he w ml have b.rua worse niauml us i r laiuueciiout man he i â€¢ alreaflj . | i-i i n.i in ..;â– â€¢ i.i ii i.-...eriimii l earle_>s_i heture bis i i i.ii i'lim r j il.-l i j l.u nil ij aa i . i i lie u 1,1 jul viii d il ire ul ms personal reseori i.e .'_<â– n en i.i . i â€¢ i texiuarlesever fcaowa ami when in in.ir i.i -, .-.. i.i.l ii ii ver u.m-iii i ntagilis nu.l he lived till now and hod he been as iong opposed we should have found uiui iu me uewt>papen>ml llaruord as uufatlfeued an ever â€¢â€¢ i ue critlci i -. hi u ui i in referen e i i vlrgla u i j n.iiii ui a ialton ji lulu r.al i nil . of uutory ill 1 u n i j i eiii.i m ,â– um i . uiea upou u a ii ll is i.ee i.im i.i im.i ji . tiie hnrd aituiio against dr peiei is^'lffi _ m,i.â€ž>,it.-t quartet ly liectew lor januaiy lb?tj ! llie iwitvvii sa of ur i'eiers : v\edoi?oi projiose lo speiid many words upon bim lie , wad a io in utterly incapable ol leliing the ij ii.h ou anv miijui ' * ' curiously enough li'.iu-ui ine very aim iiiiiiiln i ni i ni 11 e etc lull on amuller is j.-cs co u l ill is a doe i in in in 1 i.e iii 1 1 nl a llses plirporlllig lo bave iii i i ui liiiii iii i.,i saiin dr i'euis wini i de i m-ri imi in ..!-â– i u e i-i clergy mm of r spect ! ,',,., l'liaiai-u-r pn â€” ii.g la.i ni ml i xieiisivi â– learning bavins bad purochtal charge lor lim it v veais in london is iva ai-o >. nl thai he j was bishop eieci . f \ i iim.i.i . in via r fuses i ! e n.-i ei.ni ii ii tin ground ibal vermont had n ., in i i lm il in l..e ii.n.-l lull 11 dr pi-lt-rs i l seems was neetieu a a witness in ihe one ia-i . bin i ni in ibe other p is wilei me lo in ike the must of hi wil nesses against the dead i lergyiuan such evi deuce belore a totiri of j i-iice would not be i iiiteitainid for a moment at all evens the evidence ol mr i tinman once secretary ol i stale fort oniieclicut and thai nl ibe lev dr t hiipin would im.ii iiini counterbalance litem . i in lati r.-iatesl pointedly ibal lie bail bad*'opi n n.-ci ss lo documentary a tit bori lit a aud used iln in freely aud il now appears that it dr pelers i ad li nl my a iva hi if,re be mi^hl have been a amse historian for connecticut than he ia al ready mr l.iuuibull ha iiiii yel calltd , eilher nl these geuilctiieii liars or tlmi bin ! 1 do imi know bow long he will spare ihem p would make ni readeis believe lhat ihere never were any such laws as 11 to luted at ali ihey uh..-1 all bave in en invented and forged by peitrs t)i course ihere were some laws decidedly bluish â€” nut he says ului-h is im more nine iii in lhe eounlerleit i lhe teal i ..' 1 e.in'i imagine how any mind capaide ni reasoning at all ean argue in tb.it way pn ritaiitc 1 suppose is noi at all like puritan â€” but is ils counterfeit the 17th article ol re ligion is said io be ctdoantftic â€” iberelore ii is the caricature ami counterfeit of caivanium ! 1 l ca uiiol appieciale such a style of logic li will 1 uol . n n i for a rei-pi eta le lln lm ieal ll iii i i-b ! i lure are dozens oi bonks written upon ihe blue luis â€” ami scaively any ol them eopy imni priers â€” and none of ihem are m l.i i use except those of peters ami yet vv ure lold thai ibere were no blue laws i ail â€” ami m rei ly any ihal an bluish ami eer lainly mini i xeept midi as might lobe de it , ni ii !" if n-.u's abridgment and lhe hooka of ,,. in i i'uri rn uni is pr li-.-eil i o contain ali li re 1 i i il.e blue law ii inliil do in :, th m againsi dr peieis bin ib.-y being di m in lo i i.i ir pally it ii out n.'.ai are sly l d â– â– , eiessarv liullis in lhe saim mauinr thai | y ,- j li am im iul i inui bu 1 1 has dime in mod iiii:.,v i iuve mu been aide lo obtain a copy ii ihe '*.\ instruct bul prof scheie de . \ , i , 1 1 i i.e university id v'ircinia in his voi uiii ii a iii i '. ai,i.-m i p li i says ihe luiheiiiieiiy oi'ibe ia sm us l..ws nf new haven *â– 1 â– Â» known a the but laws have been often denied nnd dr peters well known book ; on lhe subject baa i-e n declared a libel but i i h,-v are confirmed layi.ml a doubi by the re print of the an-ii.ni nl laws if new eng land mi jovernor huichinson's collection of papers where the identical provisions mav be ! found by sli ! ml mr .). maminuiid ' trumbull publish this a jwiraci in hi tiik j iliu laws il in wished his reader to see lor ; ilu msi ive wbal tbe old blue luis w re (;.;-.- liim r hutchinson ought lo be a trustworthy witness a be was n puritan himself n learned m in ami much esteemed although ii i said lhat be loved hs , and leire giving of leih e â€” and hence ile published a few mil v of those i ruths which faihd noi to prmiire i im a proporti nate share of opiilar ili-irn<i mid odium " pi u rs did not numlier iii bine law bul i tin v an generally quoted by numlier i'orcon | veniei.ee â€” consisting altogether m 4o sections ol which p virtually admits lhe truth ul all ; i xeept â€¢">, so wil : jo nn one shall travel cook victuals make beds weep bouse cut hair or shave on li ai.l'.-iin day 20 no wa ui in shall kiss her child on the i sabbath or pasting day i whoever wears cloaths trimmed with gold silver or bone lace above two shillings bv ihe yard shall be presented by be grar.d i jurors and the selectmen shall ax the ofiendi r i al 3t'tl estate ' :;.". no one hall read com mop prayer | keep chrietwan or saints-dayx make minced ' pus d inee pi iy cards nr play on any instrii j ment of music excepl the drum trumptt and 1 ji w's-barp 4 lvery male sh.all have bis hair cut round according lo n rap these are the only lawa in the collection of peieis which p and the puritan apologists ami i'i li mii i generally excepl m n ml ia prov ed une and no forgery hy mr trumbull him i self p loi although he neglects lo publish ; the law bin contents himself merely with a ' n feii nu lo il as io no 1 it was cenainlv the law kee tinmbiill pp 164 262 2sli it i altnofsl literally the law now in portions of new englai d ns i long ago a gentleman iu massachusetts lli,r altiiiding church un sun day itirtead of relurning promptly heme weht out of his way intinding to see if a hou-e he proposed lo move into the next day was in aÂ»adine<v nr liii gceapation in cro*?ing a railway track he was injured by a train whereupon he brought suit against the r.-iil roiid company for damages fur the injuries whieh he lid receivid the court deci<lesl ai_nii.Â«t bins upon iht ground that having vi uiasid ihe law hiiimell by iiniie<-es>arv sunday traveling be wav not emiiled lo recover from lhe railroad if he had nut lieen violating lhe law he w uld have auflered no injury the following lit in a boston p iper will show bow har-iily a similar law to ihis is evi n at ihis day smm limes enforced in l iiiiiit-i-iii nl : is ts customary torthe wor ing people from the tenement houses ol new haven lo stroll into east i.avi ii mi sun 1 1 afternoona during lhe hot sea son in quet-t oi a lire iiii ui country air on ihe oc casions refei nit to llie east nave n authorities gave im warning ol i li intci.u ds ij v t uiiowed ilie peo ple in ei i r the lov n a usual and to ramble about at will : bul ii iii touting to return io iheir homes thej were lats r *\ t 1 n ci a->l ibh s Â« ho ii i bi en stationed al all roads leading out ot tbo town and li w i i iii i uej v i re arrested locked si;i ovs r nljrlu and oa the foliowl ig morning brought beiori justice hr.-v viiii i'.u id then gulltv ol walking the streets on sunday od imposed a line i trom 8 io$ioin each case while ui visiting citizens were thus rougbb bundled tbe citizens ol east naven were allowed their usual license which is saying a trixwl aral nnl pieasure-*-.sÂ»eter9 who entered the town in carrl sges were permitted to pass unmolested i hose wbo could not afford tu litre carriages were alone subjected lo this ban_h and unjust treatment be tween tuty and sixty persona were arrested upon thos ih i m-.-i'.'i inn the were only wortrhig-men and their case altraeteil very utile attention r.sit tne recoil attempt lu norwich to enforcethte samei i.v produced a wldel different result lime education and a l irgs i'h ix ol intelligent citizens havo len very little ol connecticut's whinodcul oat i'm . i â– â€ž,,;., n in that city : and the attempt tbis year was met by an indignant protest rout all classes th attention ol the count r was attracted and tlie criitclsms thai were levelled nl the blue laws were penerallv so severe thai tin re ts noi a promi nent in ii i-i i ie state to-daj . s ive the rev ur ba con who would hazani a word in delense ef lhe ub sur.l status ... ' as i'i nu ;!">, nearly every one of lhe inhi bitions li ele liiuiid can lie pruvtii lo have been rigorously eniorci-d episcopalians were not only imi allowed lo m.i-i.ip according lo llie nioiie prtscribed in ihe i'i iyer hook bill they were banished lrom lheÂ«olony wehavesccn ih.it ine i'uiii.iis in l'_iii>lai.sl prohibited the \ ii-niiim ui ine prayer j um either piliilicly or privately â€” ai.sl il.e same ini actuated the j i'urilaus ol new england who would not even uliow th church service io he read over llie ' rave ui a chiin hniau aecordii g in jov rnor i liuichinsoii â€” and who prostris-eii punished i a iul i ia i i lu 1 1 all persons who taught itangi r . mi 1 1 im ur iii ii ii â– ?â– , lending to con is pi und j destroy the souls ol nun triin_b 224 and i episcopalians wire always regarded by the | puritans as the most dangerous | inpagatni-s ol â– sedition and in resy ,:' and iln ir worship was , i-pi ids and boldly dt iiouueed a corrnpl aud idolatrous every reader of history knows il as lln jn le nl n w 1 n.lallil wile mil al lowed lo keep christmas u saint's day i in lest p nmy sis in ihi i extract ihe following lm bis inti rssialio.i from i'.u mas ud list laws eli wmic _. ii is there ore ordered by iliu mi '. ami the authority thereof thai ivhi.st ev<r shall he found oliserving inv such day a ' kcitiwas or ihe like either by forbear ing i ulii-r lea>tinu nr any otlltr way * every mil pii-niisii nlh-miin hall pay inr every stu-h oflense five shillings to lhe ounly as to dam-in aud enl playing tliey were forbid den as a luattct of course whether lhe l'uii laiis forbade the making of minced pies or playing mi lhe fiddle arc ipiesl bins of very litlle importance suppose i bey did not which is wo rue in punish episcopalians for reading the prayer book and keeping ( liri-lma or to punish tbe in iking nf minced pie nud playing mi ilu fiddle wbal motive could ivl ers have had in inventing the last iwo prohibitions as to nn 45 that is another unimportant law 1 1 simply required the ii 1 sibilant i | the mini y tn i are their h lircut iu a ceitain la>h ii in ii tlie laws rcgulali sl drc-sand manners gcneially wh mi prescribe how ihe hair in ii il he eui . \> tn no 20 why should peters have lorgcd il al . 1 ],',_ idea must hi e l_._uii ir miisrally prevalent iii th colony ih.it ihis was one nf tbc"l_luc laws it is in keeping with tl e spirit ol the whole co lection governor lints l.n nn pays i i his his'toty tliut smtttur oj/pnscs iccrentul tip int with rigorous exactness aud as ms soveritj had un itsoijeci an exemplary jurity ol nnn ds and religion w hich s i uld exts-i <! to every peimi.in society it of course reached the more private actions of it members and in ettnt-tl i a the relationships subsisting between them q snicd hi hue in this connection il musl bc is ineinhcrod that ihe only code nf the i'u â– iiniis ua the mosaic nud every magistrate hud the power to make ns itiuni laws as he pit a d all he had to do was to sa , that such and . ell enlii i.i i was ei i t,.-i y in ii e nu ol mop es ai il forthwith n bei an c a law nf the aolo â€¢ ni for the time being that the laws ot ilu puritans weie ia>t only cruel but ridiculous invi absurd a iho histmiui s s f uny ert dii phi nl e forth i i â€¢ i i iy it .' irit i symp ithiz ir in his re view ol milton says . iv k no w that in spite ol iheir hatred t.i popcrj , ihey fell ii.to the iiorst vn s i ! i l.i 1 ml s t n iilel,iei < . anil ixtiatagant absurdity and mr i'icion in notes ... a qui i.e a writer loi wl i n mr j u trumbull iii ele mm . : the piim-ip iesol lhe puritan laws were logically nnd relent â– e.->l curtiid < ul ii practice ; sonatinas mak ing one shudder at the ruth lees sacrifice of it h i man life uiui al other lin es raising a untie at i the ludicrous minuteness with which thi taw in termeddled wiuipriruti uffairs mr trumbull humus ihal thi actsavdpro ei kings i l new haven colony were lipma i ized as blue laws as ear m the year 1705 blue lsttvs p i'i and be quotes fro m a , an ph ni i i the i.s v noah m eiles 1 1 of coi uecticui a z aiou â– ppoi cut of i_pi>csipa cv who r-a s ol his fell iw relguuiisis lu deed i had ilea d tl hi ss n e nl them begin to in i-ii:iii en nl 1 1 eii wt.'i lavscf 2-uc harcu ic tl puuiphlet v.i.s published iii l/titi io ridicule l i.-cs pac but it pun es the gci erai recognitii n s i the las t that the epithet /â€¢<â€¢â€¢<- laws was well understo n in thecolonj at that time w iih aii that tie pln;i-i implies and he quotes from cbie justice f-tnrh.if new ork who iu his l-.istoiy publisled mi's says ihat thciv laws iustÂ«*adid beingacode are ouiy recoia â€¢ f eonviei i ns conss lnu.l in the judgment of the magistrates to the wi rd i i ii d and dictates of reason â€” i be v - ry exi>'a>:n!i'-n " hich dr peters himself gives i.i which intelligent reader of history kuows in lie i i.s e iltei'l one p make oine invidious comparisons be tween the laws of n<-w england on the one : am in il li n-e i ! m.i li i i aid virginia ol the other hut virginia began wilh universal suffrage and tqnuhtj ; white h e puriiaiis n helknap one of heir ewn wiitirs says pro ceeded a step farther than ih hierarchy had ever attempted lord hal tin ore i e ri man catholic l'in rietor i f man lai d nhtaii esl bis charter on c r.diiion of entiie ole'atioi a coi ditii n impiÂ»sed by an epispopal sovereipn i !-. t ns sooner had the supreme power passed inti the ! at ds uf puritans il au rs n an csiih olie and l_pleopawnns nrd qi al ers wwe auljcc'ed to all the indignitiesol puritan iutol erei.ee a candid and learned fresbyteriau writer speaks thus ofthe aid virgiuia laws tlirre was one bloody law which subjected sm ir rei i nil ne from ha nlsli ment to the puntsb 1 mem ofdcatb bnt no execution ever too place in i cou sequence of this enactment nn'l i was repealed soon after the revolution ol 1688 the other laws were n t then repe di d bul tbey were no longer en forced : and though the statute-boos conttnuedto i prohibit tbe preaeblne ansl practices of dissenters ; the prohibition was utterly disregarded and liberty j ot conscience practically real zed james graham's ! i'lstorv of lhe united states i-'_7 vol 1 pp 165 : 186 upon which the rev ur coit an honored son of new england and the learned author of a history ol puritanism makes this com ' ment : ' wouw that a similar reivwi mlchi s made of purttanlsm : 1 ut that not only ix-pnn trrnn -. lt per mjvfred n wtcri.-d^mi Â«~<\ urs p<->d rii.r nt tbe t-ill'ivvs-tree whipping at the cart's tall through town alter town ami limiting that whipping as a mercy under the remonstrances ol charles ii to three towns boring the tongue through with a reil hot iron and euulnu llnally with the g.iii'.us this v\;is 1-uillri tri.nxitui uutler lie premise that l li'.ir.li and stale must be consolidated this point jus li e story says Â« as ine very comer-stone of pu niaiibm using ihe toiiovv ing language ihelund iiiih uiai error ol our ancestors an error which began with the very settlement ol the colony wasauoe tiiui Â» nicii has since bet-n iiappuy exploded i mean lue in-.-i s.-liy ol a union beivv et-u church and btate lu tills they clung as the ark of their safety story's miscellauits p 6o 1 mu perfectly willing to contrast the early laws nt new l-_:ii_ii!iid with tho.-e ollhe ux.ther country death lor heresy was inflicted iu ma.-siicliiim-ii liiiy year uiierihe last iiunifh ineni nl ihe kind in england massachusetts inui t:o act nfti u i ut im lor nt-urlj a century the puritan vwie livii i unilei english law ainl they ciun.i-d iheir liberties from magna clitnlti and yet i.otwiiln tsu.ilii g this same inui charter i.f lilic-iy provided that the lilts ich nl england should ei j y all her lils erties her c.ii.iln n in new l.nglmid had no liberly at nil tier minister mul her mens hern were liailiaroii.-ly treated and banished to to si-ek to establish her sciyhon was a crime i're>b leriaiis land not much betters while quakers and hhintist.s were heated with intul j erable cruelty and ignominy lometinien heing , iinprim mil soihciinies bai bind and sonie tiniei whipped scii'iip-il and hanged and persecution only ceased judge story i-ays when it ceased to be safe 1 must agree with dr 1'i-ier iimi ine heels siiisiical court of new england in the course of lliti yeaÂ«*i bor ed the tongue with hot needles cut off the i ears bnu ii si i.e bus i ri.ils in il baiiichi it iui i:isi.nssi ansl luiiifrs si mure quake s baptists v 1 1 in ui iter-mi'i 1 l-_|ii coji-ilian t'i-r vvli.it i lie j call htusy , hatpin my a il witchcraft than there aie inniaucex <Â»Â£ jser.-i cntn >> in fox's hook nl marty lolegy in under lhe bish ops nl england since the death < t henry viii i is very much mnch mistaken if he np p ses every body has the ssune poor opinion which he hasÂ«.f4)r peters sketch of the itlue laws i have proved tbat b-ained men of all parties f.iuis them wilh approbation and tln notwithstniidii g iir trumbull's feiocu.us assault np n ihi'fr dead sompiler they an constantly being reproduced in the public prints of tin1 ciiinitsy hnth religious and secular r.ven i religion \ a;ier i'snch a hiirh charac ters the new v.uk flinch union edited chief ly by presbyterian clergymen si hue as june 27 j878 reprints them all in lull.j'isl as ihey appear ir l'.-teis bistort , hut with ihis preface when these tree states were colonies unto tlie mother nation and in connecticut tlie good old i lue laws were in fashion the lollowing extraci lrom the laws ordained by c people ol new haven previous to their incorpo ration with he saybroo . anil liartford colonies af ford an idea of the iÂ»l r inge character of their prohi bitions .' s the substance only ib given in i tie iran criptlon the language is necessarily modern ized :" a i excessive zeal n kshall of the puri 'â€¢ tans causes < im to publish an unprovoked as 1 m-i i iij 11 i.pim-i'p.ie s.lisl the episcopal j i hnrch mil tocbaige an episcopal journal i>f high character with a dishonest and di i t_.ax.ef ul effort uiret-isl id i ssits-n pts to prove ! the m_m?jÂ«.cjÂ»for__e ]'<;Â». and maintain tlniigen litneucss.f'w the interest of tlie episcopal church â€¢ ! think it conies with a peculiar bad grace fn.ui him to turn aronnd in w and denounce ine m *â€¢Â« swift witness against the puritans and as being glad of an opportunity to rush into the public in ints and rehash the evi dence i|_;i:ust them of their l.matacism big otry mul canting bypowicy i onj-bt nsit tsi have given i he provocation if he did not ex pect it t be repelled if be had cnn_hucd him self to u defense of puritauisin alone vitdout making uijust rs fleet ii*s upon lhe chi.'ch of whieh i ain a member i s onld never have noticed the matter at all no conscientious body ol christians s-an afford to have their history their doctrines or their conduct carica tured misl ridiculed in ihe newspapers without at least attempting a vuulu niiin i ni sorry to ee that i indirectly re-iterates his charge ol duplicity and and dishonesty â€” for thai is whal il amounts to against a certain epis copal joiiniiil which he suspects to be the new yiil cjiurcltinan 1 know he cannot sustain ihe cl atge n i am a regular readerof thai paper l>m the question is one that is â€¢ asily capapable of prsml : and th pioof ought iu he furnished if in the power ol p to do sÂ«o â€” otherwise hs should retract the charge 1 crave the indulgence both of yourself mr edi or and also of your readers for tie lensrth of ibis communication but i did not have the lime ut my coiumaud to make it shorter veritas the spirit of fraternization wc hear much still of fr;iterniz-*tion and many theoris s are advanced us to how it shall be ni es niplislicil reunions of soldiers of both armies is one of the menus which has been put into practical opera tion as a means of effecting the restora tion ot tin era of good feeling and it i.s interesting to note ibe success of the un dertaking how gen shermau received the advances made to him by the people of salisbury is well known to our readers we new copy from the washington re publican ot the leading organs its views upon tin letter of the general of the ar mies concluding an article upon tbis subject it s;i s : his letter is manly and courteous and may be studied with profit by those sen timental gushers who are ready to shake li'insls across the bloody chasm and cast into oblivion i recollection of what it cost in life aud treasure to save this nation from n cruel und bloody rebel iion to take its life nothing could be plainer than this lan guage there is no ambiguity here no inincii'g oticims no dodging the main question the republican means that it is not yet prepared to shake hands across the bloody chasm and ts bury the memo lies ofthe war out of sight it wants no fraternization und it has the candor to say so this adds one more tsi the many rebuffs which the south has received in its ovei tures for tbe re-establishment of liienilly relations and how much longer will we continue to subject ourselves to thciii how much longer will it be before v\e learn to sit quietly down at boms at teisil to our ssvv ii business vote the dem craiic ticket is heretofore behave our selves and let fraternization take care of itself we nre disgusted we are tired of this thing of living to make liieiids with ii parcel of people who spit upon ns every time we put ourselves with in their reach charlotte observer the trial ofthe parties charged with the chi.-liolm murder where the prosecution relied on proving a conspiracy to secure the conviction ofthe defendants has re sulted in an acquittal by the jury wc suppose the conspiracy was not satisfac torily proves in these cases the defend ants are ns>t shown to have actively partic ipated in the killing but are charged with having agreed with others that the murder should be committed unless wc err a person in new york might have been charged in like manner and the conspiracy being proved could be convicted â€” ral otiserrer england's enemies and how she is getting along with them â€” cetcwayo secured and zululaitd being evacuated london september id a dispatch to i the j.iÂ»ms dated capetown september 2d says operations against china se | cocoeni will be resumed sir garnet i wolseley goes tsi transvaal on the 5th i instant when all the troops will be with ! drawn from zu inland except a small col i uniu engaged in pacify ing the northwest two british residents remain in north i anil south zuliiland the times'1 dunbar correspondent re i poits that cetewayo will be placed on ! board the gunboat forester at duruford j wliich leaves with sealed orders j a dispatch from candahar says gen i hughes brigade has been ordered to khi j lati the ghilzai regiments at herat tnu i tinted sm the 5lh and murdered their coin i uiander the standards alikheyl dispatch says intelligence has been received here ofa terrible outbreak at herat the troops have revolted and murdered civil and military authorities bombay dispatches report that the mohinuiuls have cut off all communica tion with cabul london september 19 â€” the viceroy of india telegraphs as follows 1 have notified the ameer of afganistan that a strong british force will march speedily on cubal to his relief and that he must use all his resources toco-operate ami fa cilitate the march through his country violations of the law in the southern slates washington september is general raum is very much roused by the viola tions of the revenue laws and be bus again declared war against the niooushi ! mis every where this class of men has i again become impudent a short time i ags a wagon aud stock of tobacco seized by collector young of raleigh lor a violation ofthe revenue laws by the own ers were forcibly taken from the collector by the state officials of north carolina the act forming a most liagrant violation ol the statutes ofthe united states general raum has now issued orders to institute the most diligent search for the lecovery of this property and to seize wherever found and employ a sufficient force to hold the property againsi all comers whether with a state processor otherwise this letter will be interpret ed by collector young who was here yesterday as an order to fight antl if necessary to kill general raum believes that the viola ters of the law have received much incidental encouragement to pur sue iheir calling fiom the tone adopted by prominent southerners in their public speeches when men like alexander stephens enlarge upon the tyranny of lhe government in passing laws which forbid the poor man from converting his own corn into medicine very little is to be ex pected liiuu public sentiment among the lower classes .-*_>-. current comment the coolest specimen of insolence that lias appeared in the press for sonic months is the r mark of mr hayes that there is a suspicion if trickery hanging about tilden when we consider that this comes from the man who hols the presidential office sto len from mr tils.cn and that this man has admitted complicity in the colossal crime by paving the vulgar criminals who per formed the dirty details of that diabolism we get an idea of brazen heek that is as novel as it is disgusting there is no sus picion of trickery hanging about mr hayes his own acts crystalizeil suspicion into ab solute certainty long ago â€” wash post dem in the olden day and before 1800 the governing class in the south was notorious ly thoughtful honest ami stem in all mat ters relating to political economy finance debts and taxation mississippi repudiated it is true but so did pennsylvania and ssi more recently has minnesota whence and why the change at the south ? before 1800 the south would have ducked a candidate for office who advocated a legal tender treasury note otflut money do bankers in amsterdam frankfort paris and london say that there has been no repudiation no financial dishonesty in the united states outside ofthe south have no western communities enacted laws to prevent the collection of debts held in the east â€” new york world dem fred douglass the leading man of the colored race in this country delivered an address sm the negro problem at saratoga a lew days ago in the course of which he re iterated his oft given advice to the ne groes to let the exodus alone and stick to the south this it is to be observed is the advice whicli ihe negroes get from all the more intelligent men of their own race â€” charlotte observer a successful enterprise â€” col julian allen of statesville who was in the city yes terday gives a gratifying report ot the suc cess which he has realized in the manufacture of cigarettes he established i cigarette fac tory at statesville a few months ago and al ready finds himself compelled ts enlarge his present quarters are not sufficiently large to accommodate the number of hands that he feels it necessary to work in order to meet the demand upon his manufactures and he j is preparing to build his cigarette the i golden bell is made of the best xorth j carolina tobacco and pure rice paper and he finds ready sale in new y'ork for all that he i can make it i indeed a very superior arti ! clc and it is by no means surprising that it is in demand at presentorders arc in excess ofthe capacity of th manufacturer to fill but he trusts non to be able by reason of increas ed force and improved facilities to meet the increasing demand col alien has been living in iredell for three vears or more having moved thither from brooklyn n y he is a gentleman of : culture and moans fie is much liked among â– bis new neighbors and it pleases us to know â– that he issuccecding in business beyond his | own most sanguine expectations charlotte i qbserier gen sherman sali-bnry letter has gotten ! him n p redden ti.il loom the philadelphia jiausaay the burlington haxk eye which i too stalwart for any ordinary nee nominates the general bsst perhaps come amusement may be effected to run him for vice president tv the ticket vi:h hi iroiher | our readers must not be surprised if old spoon butler or beast butler as wc used to know him best runs in as jov ernor of miissach ti setts this vear last | year he made n bold push and attar cap turing the democratic convention came near securing an election at the polls then he had but two nominations and the regular struightont democrats were very bitter ngainst him this vear he enters the field backed by three nomina tions and winning from both of his old organizations in fact the btraiglitont democrats made such a poor showing hist year that we don be whether thev will i make any canvass at all this vear the i vote at the last election stood talbot t rep 132,715 butler 109/133 abbott dem 1(1,168 when a party casta only one-twentieth oftheuggregate vote it must 1 feel disinclined to enter the canvass this is the position of the regular democratic organization in massachusetts at this time nearly every democrat will vote for butler so he will certainly make gains from the ten thousand straight outs while strengthening himself on that side he however has taken care to look towards the republican camp for further support his third nomination cornea from that quarter on thursday last there was held at worcester an indepen dent republican convention composed of l,37d deli gates representing every town ship iu the state except three these coming as they do from over the entire state indicate that they represent fully five thousand republican voters these ; may be regarded as all changes from the j talliott vote uf hist year so that alone i will elect butler but when we consider i the strength lie will from among those j who supported abbott last year we feel i that at length he is about to obtain the long sought prize it would seem in all likelihood lie will sweep the state and ! have several thousand votes to spare â€” j the question will then arise as 1 1 _ whose victory shall it be a democratic or lb publican triumph 1 old ben is neither lish , flesh nor fowl â€” raleigh observer state's rights prom chief justice ciiasi the washington cost shows that the most emphatic and comprehen sive declaration of state's rights whieh has been uttered during the state cam paigns of this year has been quoted from au opinion of a republican supreme court which opinion was prepared and delivered by chief justice chase iu these words the perpetuity ansl indissolu bility ot the union by no means implies the loss of distinct aud individual exis tence or the right of sell government by the states under the articles of confed eration each state retained its sovereignty freedom and independence and every pow er jurisdiction and right not expressly delegated to the united states this utterance should have great weight with all republicans the late chief justice having been one of their men : anil it should have especial weight with senator conking having come from a man for the sake of whose daughter he recently recklessly threw himself in range ofa frowning shot-gun â€” â€” - â€” Â«Â«_Â»Â» â€” - goldsboro messenger : a negro named si mon isley was shot and killed in new hope township on monday last under tlie following circumstances it seems that isley anil a colored woman named mary williams had beeu arrested on the charge of sheep stealing and the charge being sustained afier a preliminary healing be fore john a kornegay esq they were ordered to jail in default of bail mr jas 11 grant was tho officer in whoso charge they were placed when near mr thos j vinson's isley dashed oft at break neck speed determined to make bis es cape and in his flight had three pistol shots tired after him by mr grant il succeeded however in making his escape it was not supposed that he was hurt but on tuesday his body was accidental ly found in the wootls pierced by a pistol ball it has been saisl that that great jurist and democrat charles o'conor had giv en to the holders af bonsls s>t the southern states the opinion that a suit would hold on such bonds against the states aud that upou judgment rendered writs could bc executed on auy property of the state such as the state-house or other public buildings jt is due to the great reputation of this eminent and venerable jurist that this re port should be corrected so far is it from the truth that iu the printed brief of mr o'conor in the great case of the ten nessee bonds he asserts that the eleventh amendment of the constitution which , prohibits suits against states excludes all such jurisdiction and renders impos sihle any process from the united states court against a sta.te â€” ral observer all the phosphate companies in the neighborhoods s>f beaufort ansl port roy al with a single exception have suspen ded operations ansl discharged their em ployees of the live companies engaged in milling phosphates in charleston coun ty three have likewise suspended work a fourth it is said is on the point of tlo i ing so while the filth is kept at work completing an unexpired contract but i will also suspend as soon as existing cn \ gagements shall have been fullfilled we are told that more than two thousand la borers are thus thrown oat of employ ment thi cause of this serious indus trial calamity is a cessation of the foreign demand tor phosphate rock â€” raleigh observer Â» â€¢-Â«. â– seeking to divert tiik exonr â€” other rcp'irts ts the contrary kansas lias evident ly already hail enough of the colored ex odus the mayors of kansas city and wyandotte kansas and kansas city mo . which is on the kan^is border have invit ' ed a conference with the refugee commit tees at st lnuis topeka ansl other points to be held i:i kansas city mo sept 24 tiie object being in the language of the call to concert measures for diverting the tide of negro exodus to other states than kan sas and tsi discuss other subjects of intor cst in the same connection specie increases in the bank of england notwithstanding the heavy shipments ts this country but plenty of specie in bank does ns>t make good times for the english people their business troubles saow no signs of early departure â€” ral eigh qbssyver allan tns wÂ«od persons wlio know the alicntud only as a shade tree with its nan i seous blossoms and uncouth growth will be glad to learn that it possesÂ«ses invaluable qualities of strength dura bility beauty of finish and color for carpentry and cabinet work freedom from warping and shrinkage ease of being worked without injury to tools and with little or no watsc it is a rapid growing tree as all know upou poor soils as well as good ones in ex posed situations on the sea coast and in the iuterior it seasons readilv and when dry is free from the un . pleasant odor which characterizes the | wood when green it has a higher j value as fuel than most of the wood in general use experiments made in the french dockyard at toulon showed that the aliantus broke with a weight of 72,186 ftn where the elm yielded to a weight of 54,707 lbs and the oak to a weight of 43,434 lbs tho small second growth is said to make very durable grape stages to which i it seems well adapted a set of fur ' nittire made ofthis wood has been ; in use in providence r i for about twenty years it takes a high polish and may be cut so as to present a : satin luster which is very pleasing ik is regarded by some cabinet inakars a equal to mahogany and supse-tioc to black walnut in the matter c4tÂ»lkr.iiik i ing for the treads of stuivs for floors of offices mills antl utilaa build ings where a hard strong wood is re quired it is regarded by nia*_Â«y as superior to most of tha woods thus employed its warm 38lbr makes it an effective finish vdiau used whlu both light and darken woeds a ad is wainscoting is again ueboming fttilir ionable the ease id yrodueiwg tiii wood where other wootls ara rut readily obtainable will ix'eonitrv&hd this style of inter__jnnjii*hi xt xeo grows more rapid hi when yonng^tfcan when it has a__ttniiia_i coushueajtsi age general harrison uul muuial drln4lof it is related ly ai cluster pa.)ja dy that when general wifflhaam kfee ry harrison wae mumiing for tha presidency he stored at the old washington hotÂ»Â»er im chester for dinner after dim-Â«r wire was serv ed it was nolieeti tbaÂ»ti bw general pledged his toasts in water and out of the gentlemen from new york in offering another said : genen will you not favor me by drinking * few glasses of wine the general declined in a very gentlemanly man ner again he was urged to join them in a glass of wine this waa too much he rose from the table his tall form erect and in the most dignified manner replied : gentle men : i kuve refused twice to partake ofthe wine cup â€” that should hava been sufficient ; though you press tho cup to my lips not a drop shall paw the portal i made a rcsolva when i started in life that i would avoid strong dniuk and i have never broken it i am one of a clnaa of seventeen young men who gradua ted and the other sixteen fill drunk ard graves â€” a!l through the peroi cious habit of wine-drinking i owe all my health happiness and prosper ity to that resolution will you urge me now ?" comparative strength op ex plosives â€” the report of the uni ted states hoard of army engineers just published presents the following interesting table as the result of two years thorough trial of the relative efficiency of the various modern ex plosives taking ordinary dynamite ae tlie standard : dynamite xo 1 100 gun cotton 1*7 dunlin ill rendroek 94 dynamite no 2 a3 vulcan powder 2 mica powder 83 nitro glycerine i*l heron lis powder no 1 106 hercules powder no 2 1 new york has contributed 4,820 to the memphis sufferers this â€¢*.: exclusive of jay goulds munifiaeat gift of 10,000 egyptian cotton crop â€” london _*Â« â€¢â€¢ â– â€¢ 20 â€” the times toys the news concerning the egyptian cotton r-rop continues ren fjood and a large yield is ex neet ed the â– > iv ra fir sre of qnality

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llie iwitvvii sa of ur i'eiers : v\edoi?oi projiose lo speiid many words upon bim lie , wad a io in utterly incapable ol leliing the ij ii.h ou anv miijui ' * ' curiously enough li'.iu-ui ine very aim iiiiiiiln i ni i ni 11 e etc lull on amuller is j.-cs co u l ill is a doe i in in in 1 i.e iii 1 1 nl a llses plirporlllig lo bave iii i i ui liiiii iii i.,i saiin dr i'euis wini i de i m-ri imi in ..!-â– i u e i-i clergy mm of r spect ! ,',,., l'liaiai-u-r pn â€” ii.g la.i ni ml i xieiisivi â– learning bavins bad purochtal charge lor lim it v veais in london is iva ai-o >. nl thai he j was bishop eieci . f \ i iim.i.i . in via r fuses i ! e n.-i ei.ni ii ii tin ground ibal vermont had n ., in i i lm il in l..e ii.n.-l lull 11 dr pi-lt-rs i l seems was neetieu a a witness in ihe one ia-i . bin i ni in ibe other p is wilei me lo in ike the must of hi wil nesses against the dead i lergyiuan such evi deuce belore a totiri of j i-iice would not be i iiiteitainid for a moment at all evens the evidence ol mr i tinman once secretary ol i stale fort oniieclicut and thai nl ibe lev dr t hiipin would im.ii iiini counterbalance litem . i in lati r.-iatesl pointedly ibal lie bail bad*'opi n n.-ci ss lo documentary a tit bori lit a aud used iln in freely aud il now appears that it dr pelers i ad li nl my a iva hi if,re be mi^hl have been a amse historian for connecticut than he ia al ready mr l.iuuibull ha iiiii yel calltd , eilher nl these geuilctiieii liars or tlmi bin ! 1 do imi know bow long he will spare ihem p would make ni readeis believe lhat ihere never were any such laws as 11 to luted at ali ihey uh..-1 all bave in en invented and forged by peitrs t)i course ihere were some laws decidedly bluish â€” nut he says ului-h is im more nine iii in lhe eounlerleit i lhe teal i ..' 1 e.in'i imagine how any mind capaide ni reasoning at all ean argue in tb.it way pn ritaiitc 1 suppose is noi at all like puritan â€” but is ils counterfeit the 17th article ol re ligion is said io be ctdoantftic â€” iberelore ii is the caricature ami counterfeit of caivanium ! 1 l ca uiiol appieciale such a style of logic li will 1 uol . n n i for a rei-pi eta le lln lm ieal ll iii i i-b ! i lure are dozens oi bonks written upon ihe blue luis â€” ami scaively any ol them eopy imni priers â€” and none of ihem are m l.i i use except those of peters ami yet vv ure lold thai ibere were no blue laws i ail â€” ami m rei ly any ihal an bluish ami eer lainly mini i xeept midi as might lobe de it , ni ii !" if n-.u's abridgment and lhe hooka of ,,. in i i'uri rn uni is pr li-.-eil i o contain ali li re 1 i i il.e blue law ii inliil do in :, th m againsi dr peieis bin ib.-y being di m in lo i i.i ir pally it ii out n.'.ai are sly l d â– â– , eiessarv liullis in lhe saim mauinr thai | y ,- j li am im iul i inui bu 1 1 has dime in mod iiii:.,v i iuve mu been aide lo obtain a copy ii ihe '*.\ instruct bul prof scheie de . \ , i , 1 1 i i.e university id v'ircinia in his voi uiii ii a iii i '. ai,i.-m i p li i says ihe luiheiiiieiiy oi'ibe ia sm us l..ws nf new haven *â– 1 â– Â» known a the but laws have been often denied nnd dr peters well known book ; on lhe subject baa i-e n declared a libel but i i h,-v are confirmed layi.ml a doubi by the re print of the an-ii.ni nl laws if new eng land mi jovernor huichinson's collection of papers where the identical provisions mav be ! found by sli ! ml mr .). maminuiid ' trumbull publish this a jwiraci in hi tiik j iliu laws il in wished his reader to see lor ; ilu msi ive wbal tbe old blue luis w re (;.;-.- liim r hutchinson ought lo be a trustworthy witness a be was n puritan himself n learned m in ami much esteemed although ii i said lhat be loved hs , and leire giving of leih e â€” and hence ile published a few mil v of those i ruths which faihd noi to prmiire i im a proporti nate share of opiilar ili-irn, so wil : jo nn one shall travel cook victuals make beds weep bouse cut hair or shave on li ai.l'.-iin day 20 no wa ui in shall kiss her child on the i sabbath or pasting day i whoever wears cloaths trimmed with gold silver or bone lace above two shillings bv ihe yard shall be presented by be grar.d i jurors and the selectmen shall ax the ofiendi r i al 3t'tl estate ' :;.". no one hall read com mop prayer | keep chrietwan or saints-dayx make minced ' pus d inee pi iy cards nr play on any instrii j ment of music excepl the drum trumptt and 1 ji w's-barp 4 lvery male sh.all have bis hair cut round according lo n rap these are the only lawa in the collection of peieis which p and the puritan apologists ami i'i li mii i generally excepl m n ml ia prov ed une and no forgery hy mr trumbull him i self p loi although he neglects lo publish ; the law bin contents himself merely with a ' n feii nu lo il as io no 1 it was cenainlv the law kee tinmbiill pp 164 262 2sli it i altnofsl literally the law now in portions of new englai d ns i long ago a gentleman iu massachusetts lli,r altiiiding church un sun day itirtead of relurning promptly heme weht out of his way intinding to see if a hou-e he proposed lo move into the next day was in aÂ»adinearv sunday traveling be wav not emiiled lo recover from lhe railroad if he had nut lieen violating lhe law he w uld have auflered no injury the following lit in a boston p iper will show bow har-iily a similar law to ihis is evi n at ihis day smm limes enforced in l iiiiiit-i-iii nl : is ts customary torthe wor ing people from the tenement houses ol new haven lo stroll into east i.avi ii mi sun 1 1 afternoona during lhe hot sea son in quet-t oi a lire iiii ui country air on ihe oc casions refei nit to llie east nave n authorities gave im warning ol i li intci.u ds ij v t uiiowed ilie peo ple in ei i r the lov n a usual and to ramble about at will : bul ii iii touting to return io iheir homes thej were lats r *\ t 1 n ci a->l ibh s Â« ho ii i bi en stationed al all roads leading out ot tbo town and li w i i iii i uej v i re arrested locked si;i ovs r nljrlu and oa the foliowl ig morning brought beiori justice hr.-v viiii i'.u id then gulltv ol walking the streets on sunday od imposed a line i trom 8 io$ioin each case while ui visiting citizens were thus rougbb bundled tbe citizens ol east naven were allowed their usual license which is saying a trixwl aral nnl pieasure-*-.sÂ»eter9 who entered the town in carrl sges were permitted to pass unmolested i hose wbo could not afford tu litre carriages were alone subjected lo this ban_h and unjust treatment be tween tuty and sixty persona were arrested upon thos ih i m-.-i'.'i inn the were only wortrhig-men and their case altraeteil very utile attention r.sit tne recoil attempt lu norwich to enforcethte samei i.v produced a wldel different result lime education and a l irgs i'h ix ol intelligent citizens havo len very little ol connecticut's whinodcul oat i'm . i â– â€ž,,;., n in that city : and the attempt tbis year was met by an indignant protest rout all classes th attention ol the count r was attracted and tlie criitclsms thai were levelled nl the blue laws were penerallv so severe thai tin re ts noi a promi nent in ii i-i i ie state to-daj . s ive the rev ur ba con who would hazani a word in delense ef lhe ub sur.l status ... ' as i'i nu ;!">, nearly every one of lhe inhi bitions li ele liiuiid can lie pruvtii lo have been rigorously eniorci-d episcopalians were not only imi allowed lo m.i-i.ip according lo llie nioiie prtscribed in ihe i'i iyer hook bill they were banished lrom lheÂ«olony wehavesccn ih.it ine i'uiii.iis in l'_iii>lai.sl prohibited the \ ii-niiim ui ine prayer j um either piliilicly or privately â€” ai.sl il.e same ini actuated the j i'urilaus ol new england who would not even uliow th church service io he read over llie ' rave ui a chiin hniau aecordii g in jov rnor i liuichinsoii â€” and who prostris-eii punished i a iul i ia i i lu 1 1 all persons who taught itangi r . mi 1 1 im ur iii ii ii â– ?â– , lending to con is pi und j destroy the souls ol nun triin_b 224 and i episcopalians wire always regarded by the | puritans as the most dangerous | inpagatni-s ol â– sedition and in resy ,:' and iln ir worship was , i-pi ids and boldly dt iiouueed a corrnpl aud idolatrous every reader of history knows il as lln jn le nl n w 1 n.lallil wile mil al lowed lo keep christmas u saint's day i in lest p nmy sis in ihi i extract ihe following lm bis inti rssialio.i from i'.u mas ud list laws eli wmic _. ii is there ore ordered by iliu mi '. ami the authority thereof thai ivhi.st evtinu nr any otlltr way * every mil pii-niisii nlh-miin hall pay inr every stu-h oflense five shillings to lhe ounly as to dam-in aud enl playing tliey were forbid den as a luattct of course whether lhe l'uii laiis forbade the making of minced pies or playing mi lhe fiddle arc ipiesl bins of very litlle importance suppose i bey did not which is wo rue in punish episcopalians for reading the prayer book and keeping ( liri-lma or to punish tbe in iking nf minced pie nud playing mi ilu fiddle wbal motive could ivl ers have had in inventing the last iwo prohibitions as to nn 45 that is another unimportant law 1 1 simply required the ii 1 sibilant i | the mini y tn i are their h lircut iu a ceitain la>h ii in ii tlie laws rcgulali sl drc-sand manners gcneially wh mi prescribe how ihe hair in ii il he eui . \> tn no 20 why should peters have lorgcd il al . 1 ],',_ idea must hi e l_._uii ir miisrally prevalent iii th colony ih.it ihis was one nf tbc"l_luc laws it is in keeping with tl e spirit ol the whole co lection governor lints l.n nn pays i i his his'toty tliut smtttur oj/pnscs iccrentul tip int with rigorous exactness aud as ms soveritj had un itsoijeci an exemplary jurity ol nnn ds and religion w hich s i uld exts-i t only cruel but ridiculous invi absurd a iho histmiui s s f uny ert dii phi nl e forth i i â€¢ i i iy it .' irit i symp ithiz ir in his re view ol milton says . iv k no w that in spite ol iheir hatred t.i popcrj , ihey fell ii.to the iiorst vn s i ! i l.i 1 ml s t n iilel,iei < . anil ixtiatagant absurdity and mr i'icion in notes ... a qui i.e a writer loi wl i n mr j u trumbull iii ele mm . : the piim-ip iesol lhe puritan laws were logically nnd relent â– e.->l curtiid < ul ii practice ; sonatinas mak ing one shudder at the ruth lees sacrifice of it h i man life uiui al other lin es raising a untie at i the ludicrous minuteness with which thi taw in termeddled wiuipriruti uffairs mr trumbull humus ihal thi actsavdpro ei kings i l new haven colony were lipma i ized as blue laws as ear m the year 1705 blue lsttvs p i'i and be quotes fro m a , an ph ni i i the i.s v noah m eiles 1 1 of coi uecticui a z aiou â– ppoi cut of i_pi>csipa cv who r-a s ol his fell iw relguuiisis lu deed i had ilea d tl hi ss n e nl them begin to in i-ii:iii en nl 1 1 eii wt.'i lavscf 2-uc harcu ic tl puuiphlet v.i.s published iii l/titi io ridicule l i.-cs pac but it pun es the gci erai recognitii n s i the las t that the epithet /â€¢'a>:n!i'-n " hich dr peters himself gives i.i which intelligent reader of history kuows in lie i i.s e iltei'l one p make oine invidious comparisons be tween the laws of nd rii.r nt tbe t-ill'ivvs-tree whipping at the cart's tall through town alter town ami limiting that whipping as a mercy under the remonstrances ol charles ii to three towns boring the tongue through with a reil hot iron and euulnu llnally with the g.iii'.us this v\;is 1-uillri tri.nxitui uutler lie premise that l li'.ir.li and stale must be consolidated this point jus li e story says Â« as ine very comer-stone of pu niaiibm using ihe toiiovv ing language ihelund iiiih uiai error ol our ancestors an error which began with the very settlement ol the colony wasauoe tiiui Â» nicii has since bet-n iiappuy exploded i mean lue in-.-i s.-liy ol a union beivv et-u church and btate lu tills they clung as the ark of their safety story's miscellauits p 6o 1 mu perfectly willing to contrast the early laws nt new l-_:ii_ii!iid with tho.-e ollhe ux.ther country death lor heresy was inflicted iu ma.-siicliiim-ii liiiy year uiierihe last iiunifh ineni nl ihe kind in england massachusetts inui t:o act nfti u i ut im lor nt-urlj a century the puritan vwie livii i unilei english law ainl they ciun.i-d iheir liberties from magna clitnlti and yet i.otwiiln tsu.ilii g this same inui charter i.f lilic-iy provided that the lilts ich nl england should ei j y all her lils erties her c.ii.iln n in new l.nglmid had no liberly at nil tier minister mul her mens hern were liailiaroii.-ly treated and banished to to si-ek to establish her sciyhon was a crime i're>b leriaiis land not much betters while quakers and hhintist.s were heated with intul j erable cruelty and ignominy lometinien heing , iinprim mil soihciinies bai bind and sonie tiniei whipped scii'iip-il and hanged and persecution only ceased judge story i-ays when it ceased to be safe 1 must agree with dr 1'i-ier iimi ine heels siiisiical court of new england in the course of lliti yeaÂ«*i bor ed the tongue with hot needles cut off the i ears bnu ii si i.e bus i ri.ils in il baiiichi it iui i:isi.nssi ansl luiiifrs si mure quake s baptists v 1 1 in ui iter-mi'i 1 l-_|ii coji-ilian t'i-r vvli.it i lie j call htusy , hatpin my a il witchcraft than there aie inniaucex > in fox's hook nl marty lolegy in under lhe bish ops nl england since the death < t henry viii i is very much mnch mistaken if he np p ses every body has the ssune poor opinion which he hasÂ«.f4)r peters sketch of the itlue laws i have proved tbat b-ained men of all parties f.iuis them wilh approbation and tln notwithstniidii g iir trumbull's feiocu.us assault np n ihi'fr dead sompiler they an constantly being reproduced in the public prints of tin1 ciiinitsy hnth religious and secular r.ven i religion \ a;ier i'snch a hiirh charac ters the new v.uk flinch union edited chief ly by presbyterian clergymen si hue as june 27 j878 reprints them all in lull.j'isl as ihey appear ir l'.-teis bistort , hut with ihis preface when these tree states were colonies unto tlie mother nation and in connecticut tlie good old i lue laws were in fashion the lollowing extraci lrom the laws ordained by c people ol new haven previous to their incorpo ration with he saybroo . anil liartford colonies af ford an idea of the iÂ»l r inge character of their prohi bitions .' s the substance only ib given in i tie iran criptlon the language is necessarily modern ized :" a i excessive zeal n kshall of the puri 'â€¢ tans causes < im to publish an unprovoked as 1 m-i i iij 11 i.pim-i'p.ie s.lisl the episcopal j i hnrch mil tocbaige an episcopal journal i>f high character with a dishonest and di i t_.ax.ef ul effort uiret-isl id i ssits-n pts to prove ! the m_m?jÂ«.cjÂ»for__e ]'m the question is one that is â€¢ asily capapable of prsml : and th pioof ought iu he furnished if in the power ol p to do sÂ«o â€” otherwise hs should retract the charge 1 crave the indulgence both of yourself mr edi or and also of your readers for tie lensrth of ibis communication but i did not have the lime ut my coiumaud to make it shorter veritas the spirit of fraternization wc hear much still of fr;iterniz-*tion and many theoris s are advanced us to how it shall be ni es niplislicil reunions of soldiers of both armies is one of the menus which has been put into practical opera tion as a means of effecting the restora tion ot tin era of good feeling and it i.s interesting to note ibe success of the un dertaking how gen shermau received the advances made to him by the people of salisbury is well known to our readers we new copy from the washington re publican ot the leading organs its views upon tin letter of the general of the ar mies concluding an article upon tbis subject it s;i s : his letter is manly and courteous and may be studied with profit by those sen timental gushers who are ready to shake li'insls across the bloody chasm and cast into oblivion i recollection of what it cost in life aud treasure to save this nation from n cruel und bloody rebel iion to take its life nothing could be plainer than this lan guage there is no ambiguity here no inincii'g oticims no dodging the main question the republican means that it is not yet prepared to shake hands across the bloody chasm and ts bury the memo lies ofthe war out of sight it wants no fraternization und it has the candor to say so this adds one more tsi the many rebuffs which the south has received in its ovei tures for tbe re-establishment of liienilly relations and how much longer will we continue to subject ourselves to thciii how much longer will it be before v\e learn to sit quietly down at boms at teisil to our ssvv ii business vote the dem craiic ticket is heretofore behave our selves and let fraternization take care of itself we nre disgusted we are tired of this thing of living to make liieiids with ii parcel of people who spit upon ns every time we put ourselves with in their reach charlotte observer the trial ofthe parties charged with the chi.-liolm murder where the prosecution relied on proving a conspiracy to secure the conviction ofthe defendants has re sulted in an acquittal by the jury wc suppose the conspiracy was not satisfac torily proves in these cases the defend ants are ns>t shown to have actively partic ipated in the killing but are charged with having agreed with others that the murder should be committed unless wc err a person in new york might have been charged in like manner and the conspiracy being proved could be convicted â€” ral otiserrer england's enemies and how she is getting along with them â€” cetcwayo secured and zululaitd being evacuated london september id a dispatch to i the j.iÂ»ms dated capetown september 2d says operations against china se | cocoeni will be resumed sir garnet i wolseley goes tsi transvaal on the 5th i instant when all the troops will be with ! drawn from zu inland except a small col i uniu engaged in pacify ing the northwest two british residents remain in north i anil south zuliiland the times'1 dunbar correspondent re i poits that cetewayo will be placed on ! board the gunboat forester at duruford j wliich leaves with sealed orders j a dispatch from candahar says gen i hughes brigade has been ordered to khi j lati the ghilzai regiments at herat tnu i tinted sm the 5lh and murdered their coin i uiander the standards alikheyl dispatch says intelligence has been received here ofa terrible outbreak at herat the troops have revolted and murdered civil and military authorities bombay dispatches report that the mohinuiuls have cut off all communica tion with cabul london september 19 â€” the viceroy of india telegraphs as follows 1 have notified the ameer of afganistan that a strong british force will march speedily on cubal to his relief and that he must use all his resources toco-operate ami fa cilitate the march through his country violations of the law in the southern slates washington september is general raum is very much roused by the viola tions of the revenue laws and be bus again declared war against the niooushi ! mis every where this class of men has i again become impudent a short time i ags a wagon aud stock of tobacco seized by collector young of raleigh lor a violation ofthe revenue laws by the own ers were forcibly taken from the collector by the state officials of north carolina the act forming a most liagrant violation ol the statutes ofthe united states general raum has now issued orders to institute the most diligent search for the lecovery of this property and to seize wherever found and employ a sufficient force to hold the property againsi all comers whether with a state processor otherwise this letter will be interpret ed by collector young who was here yesterday as an order to fight antl if necessary to kill general raum believes that the viola ters of the law have received much incidental encouragement to pur sue iheir calling fiom the tone adopted by prominent southerners in their public speeches when men like alexander stephens enlarge upon the tyranny of lhe government in passing laws which forbid the poor man from converting his own corn into medicine very little is to be ex pected liiuu public sentiment among the lower classes .-*_>-. current comment the coolest specimen of insolence that lias appeared in the press for sonic months is the r mark of mr hayes that there is a suspicion if trickery hanging about tilden when we consider that this comes from the man who hols the presidential office sto len from mr tils.cn and that this man has admitted complicity in the colossal crime by paving the vulgar criminals who per formed the dirty details of that diabolism we get an idea of brazen heek that is as novel as it is disgusting there is no sus picion of trickery hanging about mr hayes his own acts crystalizeil suspicion into ab solute certainty long ago â€” wash post dem in the olden day and before 1800 the governing class in the south was notorious ly thoughtful honest ami stem in all mat ters relating to political economy finance debts and taxation mississippi repudiated it is true but so did pennsylvania and ssi more recently has minnesota whence and why the change at the south ? before 1800 the south would have ducked a candidate for office who advocated a legal tender treasury note otflut money do bankers in amsterdam frankfort paris and london say that there has been no repudiation no financial dishonesty in the united states outside ofthe south have no western communities enacted laws to prevent the collection of debts held in the east â€” new york world dem fred douglass the leading man of the colored race in this country delivered an address sm the negro problem at saratoga a lew days ago in the course of which he re iterated his oft given advice to the ne groes to let the exodus alone and stick to the south this it is to be observed is the advice whicli ihe negroes get from all the more intelligent men of their own race â€” charlotte observer a successful enterprise â€” col julian allen of statesville who was in the city yes terday gives a gratifying report ot the suc cess which he has realized in the manufacture of cigarettes he established i cigarette fac tory at statesville a few months ago and al ready finds himself compelled ts enlarge his present quarters are not sufficiently large to accommodate the number of hands that he feels it necessary to work in order to meet the demand upon his manufactures and he j is preparing to build his cigarette the i golden bell is made of the best xorth j carolina tobacco and pure rice paper and he finds ready sale in new y'ork for all that he i can make it i indeed a very superior arti ! clc and it is by no means surprising that it is in demand at presentorders arc in excess ofthe capacity of th manufacturer to fill but he trusts non to be able by reason of increas ed force and improved facilities to meet the increasing demand col alien has been living in iredell for three vears or more having moved thither from brooklyn n y he is a gentleman of : culture and moans fie is much liked among â– bis new neighbors and it pleases us to know â– that he issuccecding in business beyond his | own most sanguine expectations charlotte i qbserier gen sherman sali-bnry letter has gotten ! him n p redden ti.il loom the philadelphia jiausaay the burlington haxk eye which i too stalwart for any ordinary nee nominates the general bsst perhaps come amusement may be effected to run him for vice president tv the ticket vi:h hi iroiher | our readers must not be surprised if old spoon butler or beast butler as wc used to know him best runs in as jov ernor of miissach ti setts this vear last | year he made n bold push and attar cap turing the democratic convention came near securing an election at the polls then he had but two nominations and the regular struightont democrats were very bitter ngainst him this vear he enters the field backed by three nomina tions and winning from both of his old organizations in fact the btraiglitont democrats made such a poor showing hist year that we don be whether thev will i make any canvass at all this vear the i vote at the last election stood talbot t rep 132,715 butler 109/133 abbott dem 1(1,168 when a party casta only one-twentieth oftheuggregate vote it must 1 feel disinclined to enter the canvass this is the position of the regular democratic organization in massachusetts at this time nearly every democrat will vote for butler so he will certainly make gains from the ten thousand straight outs while strengthening himself on that side he however has taken care to look towards the republican camp for further support his third nomination cornea from that quarter on thursday last there was held at worcester an indepen dent republican convention composed of l,37d deli gates representing every town ship iu the state except three these coming as they do from over the entire state indicate that they represent fully five thousand republican voters these ; may be regarded as all changes from the j talliott vote uf hist year so that alone i will elect butler but when we consider i the strength lie will from among those j who supported abbott last year we feel i that at length he is about to obtain the long sought prize it would seem in all likelihood lie will sweep the state and ! have several thousand votes to spare â€” j the question will then arise as 1 1 _ whose victory shall it be a democratic or lb publican triumph 1 old ben is neither lish , flesh nor fowl â€” raleigh observer state's rights prom chief justice ciiasi the washington cost shows that the most emphatic and comprehen sive declaration of state's rights whieh has been uttered during the state cam paigns of this year has been quoted from au opinion of a republican supreme court which opinion was prepared and delivered by chief justice chase iu these words the perpetuity ansl indissolu bility ot the union by no means implies the loss of distinct aud individual exis tence or the right of sell government by the states under the articles of confed eration each state retained its sovereignty freedom and independence and every pow er jurisdiction and right not expressly delegated to the united states this utterance should have great weight with all republicans the late chief justice having been one of their men : anil it should have especial weight with senator conking having come from a man for the sake of whose daughter he recently recklessly threw himself in range ofa frowning shot-gun â€” â€” - â€” Â«Â«_Â»Â» â€” - goldsboro messenger : a negro named si mon isley was shot and killed in new hope township on monday last under tlie following circumstances it seems that isley anil a colored woman named mary williams had beeu arrested on the charge of sheep stealing and the charge being sustained afier a preliminary healing be fore john a kornegay esq they were ordered to jail in default of bail mr jas 11 grant was tho officer in whoso charge they were placed when near mr thos j vinson's isley dashed oft at break neck speed determined to make bis es cape and in his flight had three pistol shots tired after him by mr grant il succeeded however in making his escape it was not supposed that he was hurt but on tuesday his body was accidental ly found in the wootls pierced by a pistol ball it has been saisl that that great jurist and democrat charles o'conor had giv en to the holders af bonsls s>t the southern states the opinion that a suit would hold on such bonds against the states aud that upou judgment rendered writs could bc executed on auy property of the state such as the state-house or other public buildings jt is due to the great reputation of this eminent and venerable jurist that this re port should be corrected so far is it from the truth that iu the printed brief of mr o'conor in the great case of the ten nessee bonds he asserts that the eleventh amendment of the constitution which , prohibits suits against states excludes all such jurisdiction and renders impos sihle any process from the united states court against a sta.te â€” ral observer all the phosphate companies in the neighborhoods s>f beaufort ansl port roy al with a single exception have suspen ded operations ansl discharged their em ployees of the live companies engaged in milling phosphates in charleston coun ty three have likewise suspended work a fourth it is said is on the point of tlo i ing so while the filth is kept at work completing an unexpired contract but i will also suspend as soon as existing cn \ gagements shall have been fullfilled we are told that more than two thousand la borers are thus thrown oat of employ ment thi cause of this serious indus trial calamity is a cessation of the foreign demand tor phosphate rock â€” raleigh observer Â» â€¢-Â«. â– seeking to divert tiik exonr â€” other rcp'irts ts the contrary kansas lias evident ly already hail enough of the colored ex odus the mayors of kansas city and wyandotte kansas and kansas city mo . which is on the kan^is border have invit ' ed a conference with the refugee commit tees at st lnuis topeka ansl other points to be held i:i kansas city mo sept 24 tiie object being in the language of the call to concert measures for diverting the tide of negro exodus to other states than kan sas and tsi discuss other subjects of intor cst in the same connection specie increases in the bank of england notwithstanding the heavy shipments ts this country but plenty of specie in bank does ns>t make good times for the english people their business troubles saow no signs of early departure â€” ral eigh qbssyver allan tns wÂ«od persons wlio know the alicntud only as a shade tree with its nan i seous blossoms and uncouth growth will be glad to learn that it possesÂ«ses invaluable qualities of strength dura bility beauty of finish and color for carpentry and cabinet work freedom from warping and shrinkage ease of being worked without injury to tools and with little or no watsc it is a rapid growing tree as all know upou poor soils as well as good ones in ex posed situations on the sea coast and in the iuterior it seasons readilv and when dry is free from the un . pleasant odor which characterizes the | wood when green it has a higher j value as fuel than most of the wood in general use experiments made in the french dockyard at toulon showed that the aliantus broke with a weight of 72,186 ftn where the elm yielded to a weight of 54,707 lbs and the oak to a weight of 43,434 lbs tho small second growth is said to make very durable grape stages to which i it seems well adapted a set of fur ' nittire made ofthis wood has been ; in use in providence r i for about twenty years it takes a high polish and may be cut so as to present a : satin luster which is very pleasing ik is regarded by some cabinet inakars a equal to mahogany and supse-tioc to black walnut in the matter c4tÂ»lkr.iiik i ing for the treads of stuivs for floors of offices mills antl utilaa build ings where a hard strong wood is re quired it is regarded by nia*_Â«y as superior to most of tha woods thus employed its warm 38lbr makes it an effective finish vdiau used whlu both light and darken woeds a ad is wainscoting is again ueboming fttilir ionable the ease id yrodueiwg tiii wood where other wootls ara rut readily obtainable will ix'eonitrv&hd this style of inter__jnnjii*hi xt xeo grows more rapid hi when yonng^tfcan when it has a__ttniiia_i coushueajtsi age general harrison uul muuial drln4lof it is related ly ai cluster pa.)ja dy that when general wifflhaam kfee ry harrison wae mumiing for tha presidency he stored at the old washington hotÂ»Â»er im chester for dinner after dim-Â«r wire was serv ed it was nolieeti tbaÂ»ti bw general pledged his toasts in water and out of the gentlemen from new york in offering another said : genen will you not favor me by drinking * few glasses of wine the general declined in a very gentlemanly man ner again he was urged to join them in a glass of wine this waa too much he rose from the table his tall form erect and in the most dignified manner replied : gentle men : i kuve refused twice to partake ofthe wine cup â€” that should hava been sufficient ; though you press tho cup to my lips not a drop shall paw the portal i made a rcsolva when i started in life that i would avoid strong dniuk and i have never broken it i am one of a clnaa of seventeen young men who gradua ted and the other sixteen fill drunk ard graves â€” a!l through the peroi cious habit of wine-drinking i owe all my health happiness and prosper ity to that resolution will you urge me now ?" comparative strength op ex plosives â€” the report of the uni ted states hoard of army engineers just published presents the following interesting table as the result of two years thorough trial of the relative efficiency of the various modern ex plosives taking ordinary dynamite ae tlie standard : dynamite xo 1 100 gun cotton 1*7 dunlin ill rendroek 94 dynamite no 2 a3 vulcan powder 2 mica powder 83 nitro glycerine i*l heron lis powder no 1 106 hercules powder no 2 1 new york has contributed 4,820 to the memphis sufferers this â€¢*.: exclusive of jay goulds munifiaeat gift of 10,000 egyptian cotton crop â€” london _*Â« â€¢â€¢ â– â€¢ 20 â€” the times toys the news concerning the egyptian cotton r-rop continues ren fjood and a large yield is ex neet ed the â– > iv ra fir sre of qnality